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What are metacognitive reading strategies?

Metacognition is thinking about thinking.
Apply that to reading and its thinking about reading. That means metacognitive reading strategies are

methods that help you think about reading.

What are metacognitive reading strategies?

There are seven strategies. The strategies are: 1. Making connections 2. Creating sensory images 3. Asking questions 4. Inferring/Predicting 5. Determining importance 6. Synthesizing 7. Using fix up strategies

Making connections
You can make three types of connections:

1. 2. 3.

Text to self Text to text Text to world

Making connections
When you make connections, you think: I use what I know to understand what I read Make connections by thinking:

It reminds me of when I read ... because ... (text to text) It reminds me of the time I ... because ... (text to self) It reminds me of something I read because ... (text to text, or text to world) It reminds me of something I heard about because ... (text to world)

Creating sensory images

When you create sensory images, you think: I create images in my mind as I read. I see what I read. I feel what I read. I hear what I read. I smell what I read. I taste what I read. It's like a 4-D movie in my mind.

Asking questions
When you ask questions, you think: If I ask questions, I can look for answers

before I read as I read after I read. I wonder... I was confused when... How could that be? Why do you think? Who What... Where When...

Ask questions by thinking:

Inferring
When you infer, you think: Questioning as I read helps me draw conclusions, make predictions and reflect on my reading. When the author doesn't answer my questions I must infer... Start an inference by thinking:

Maybe... I think... It could be ... It's because... Perhaps... It means that ... I'm guessing...

Predicting
When you Predict, you think: Questioning as I read helps me draw conclusions, make predictions and reflect on my reading. When the author doesn't answer my questions I must predict... Start a prediction by thinking:

Maybe... I think... It could be ... It's because... Perhaps... It means that ... I'm guessing...

Determining importance
When you determine importance, you think: I understand the main ideas of the text and what the author's message is. Determine what is important by thinking:

The text was mostly about... The author is trying to tell us that... I learned... The important details were...

Synthesizing
When you synthesize, you think: I combine what I know with new information to understand the text. Synthesize by thinking:

Now I get it! This makes me think of... I learned that ... I understand this because of ....

Using fix up strategies

When you use fix up strategies, you think: I know how to use different techniques when:

I get stuck on a word when I get confused Ill use context clues to define the word Ill reread to clarify the meaning Ill use my questions and connections

Use fix up strategies by thinking: